This presentation gives an overview of EDGE process on zero carbon certification and their support to green building growth.

This presentation gives an overview of the benefits of co-benefits or co-control relevant to domestic needs and global environmental issues.

This presentation gives an overview of the benefits of centralized district heating or cooling system for low carbon development.

This presentation gave an overview of the global and regional progress in climate action and emphasized the need for an integrated approach to 2030 energy transition. It also discussed the National Expert SDG Tool for Energy Planning (NEXSTEP), an online tool to help develop national SDG7 roadmap and options to achieve NDCs.

This presentation discussed the gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) framework in the energy sector in South Asia. It also outlined the South Asia Department's experience in developing operationally relevant tools, gender-related capacities, introducing evidence-based approaches to gender and energy, and engaging in energy sector policy dialogue and technology solutions.

In this presentation, Mr. Keisuke Sadamori discussed the trend in global energy demand, the shifting energy investment spending patterns, and the global demand for fossil fuels and its impact on emissions. He also emphasized the importance of collaborating with other energy sector actors in redoubling efforts to drive the clean energy transition while ensuring energy security in Asia.

The global energy transformation requires a holistic energy system transition not just for electricity supply, but also a deep and fundamental change to how heat and cooling energy services are provided - all within the larger context of balancing energy supply and demand. This scene-setting presentation drew on the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) recent Global Energy Transformation report and detail a view on how this transition can be scaled up quickly and affordably.

The Philippines has close to 150 cooperatives and private distribution utilities, which are responsible for power supply for households and industry on their franchise area. Many of these cooperatives have over contracted themselves with traditional inflexible coal baseload capacity, on top of which they have expensive peaking contracts based on Diesel. That leaves little room to contract cheaper and cleaner renewable energy source into their generation portfolio before existing long-term Power Supply Agreements (PSA) expire.